Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-27
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sssgsssivs Facts and Fisarss = opiniess Of the
Effects From smoAing.

A writer In the New York Commercial
Advertiser furnishes the following facts and
figures:
During the las. year the revenue received
by the government from cigarette manu-
facturers was nearly 5000 oOo, and the number
OF cigarettes manufactured was about 1900
100000. The internal revenue on each cigar
cite IL one twentieth OF cent On this basis
New York cigarette man ufacturers paid into
the treasury last year $3.50 0s6 10; Virginia.
SOS S7i 81 North Carolina SSH, 10; Califor.
mia, G,S.3 25; Michigan, 81, 800 80; Illinois,
SSCs 26 Ohio, Ss62 Sc Pernsylvania, $3.50 IS;
Massachusetts,, e6il.6o; New Jersey. SIS 20 I;
Texas &5l, Wisconsin cent, and Missouri,
IS ceuta Two thirds Of the cigarettes manu-
fsctured In the United States are made In
New York state mostly In New York city
and Rochester. Virginia manufactures about
500OO, 900 and North Carolina about 40 0OO,.
coo. These three states have practically .
monopoly OF the business, although M,chi-
gan and Massachusetts, are making rapid
strides In cigarette manufacturing. Missouri
made its tirst cigarette last year, and did not
get beyond ZOO.
1t 10 calculated that as many cigarettes are
made every year by the smokers - by the
manufacturers 80 that the total number OF
cigarettes consumed would be 9 t0O ONc, 600.
and child in the United States, or about loo
for each male inhabitant This estimate
does not include imported cigarettes from
Turkey, Russia, France and other European
countrtesL About % OCO, OC0 were imported
from these countries last year
In the United States four cities have mo-
nopoly Of the msDnfscturipR-NeW York,
Rsebmoud, Rochester ana Durham, N. q.
Detroit hss just put up some big factories,
and San Ersncisco promises to rival the
Eastern citiee. The increase In the cigarette
business In the United States during the last
ten years has been enormous Fifty per cent
year Is said to have been the average in
crease. As the cigar trade has also increased,
though not In such large proportion, It ap-
pears that this country is becoming . nation
Of cigarette smokers.
What 10 the effect Of cigarette smoking on
the health OF the people is therefore a peril.
nent question. 1t Is Q difficult one to On.
swer. Some physicians and chemists agree
with the manu- fscturers in declaring that the
cigarette 10 . much slsndered article, aud
that IL 10 no worse than cigar. Others pro-
nounce the cigarette . slow poison. Q poison
that 10 undermining constitutions OF the com.
Ing generation. The more general opinion
among medical men II that the cigarette
should be avoided, especially by the young.
The following interview with physicians,
chemists and tobacco men give view OF the
cigarette from different stand points:
DR.. William A. Hammond said Il would
not recommend the cigarette to any bod Y
still l must say that 1t 10 . much maligned
little article. Smoked moderately IL will not
hurt any man with . good constitution, but
to young boys 1t 10 poison. The same might
be said OF oil kinds Of smok ing. though the
cigarette 10 the worst or least beue OF all
Evory one knows that excessive smok Ing
the seeds of diseases which will develop In
later yearA Well, cigarettes will only drop
tho seeds little faster In my opinion It II
only question Of the amount OF Nicotine ab
wk~><k. a ~ tSne- ~ ..~A
into the lungs. Oa these two points the
cigarette surpassfs the cigar or pipe, because
1t 10 generally inhaled, thus carrying Into the
system the largest possible quantity OF nico.
tine, and because, on sccounS OF its shortness,
the smoke that passes through the mouth
and pOstrils il hotter"
"Do you think cigarettes are adulterated
with deleterious drugs." was asked.
81 don't think they are and many chem
lists have assured me that there are not In
the first place, the rivalry between the man.
ufscturers 10 30 great that the production Of
an adulterstsd article would ruin any man's
business Then, l can sse no motive for
sdulterstion, since II would only augment
the cost OF production. OF course, inferior
tobacco Is often used, and that IN always In
too"
"How about the cigarette papersr'
~ hsve found them TO be OF an innocuous
character in all the good brands, but the
cheap papers are, OF course, Injurious In
derstsnd, mean that this paper will pro-
duce no bad effects when cigarettes are
the dry paper will irritste the throat and in.
jure the lunes, - we'll ss affect the hoart"
"What are the direct effects Of cigarette
smoking on the young ?"
alt first produces . constant Irritation Of
the pa.ste and throat Then the lungs will
become more or less affected. Later on the
stomach will bo reached and germs formed
which will sfterward develop into dyspepsia
and kindred diseaseA Such is almost invar.
iably the case with young cigarette smokera
10 or II years Old. Let them keep IL up until
they reach manhood-ii tney ever do reach
tt-and they are not likely to know what per.
feet health II during the remainder Of their
"What do you think would be tho condi-
ton OF the organs In the body OF Q man who
died from the effects of cigarette smoking %
81 cannot say for certain, - such . case
has not come within my experience but !
iudge that the throat would be liberated. the
heart would be badly diseased. The sfiec-
ton OF the heart would probably be the di.
rect cause of DEATH"
"What, In your opinion, In the effect OF OK.
"If . boy begins TO smoke great deal
early In life you may BE- sure he will never
become an intellectual saul The effects on
hts body will, by affinity, reach his mind.
he will iose energy and stssdiness of purpess,
and will become Q vacillsting, weak man,
united for the struggle Of life. His nervous
system will be out OF order, and, a. . conse-
quence, his brain will be unhealthy. Ee
will DO In perpetual state OF lassitude, from
which the duties OF life can hardly arouse
him. ! am speaking now Of the effects gen.
orally. OF course there may be individual
ex,eptionA"
"How many cigarettes could . man smoke
daily without ipj jury to his health ?"
"That depends on his constitution and the
condition OF his heart A really healthy
man could smoke Q dOzsn Q day with impu.
nifty for many years at least The trouble In
that by the time Q man finds out that be cam
not continue his usual allowance he has be.
come 70 accustomed TO II that 1t In almost i'm
possible tor him TO break OH or diminish the
quantity. Cigarette smoking is like whisk
drinking-the appetite for It increases in pro-
portion ~ the body becomes unable 70 bear
Il.
"To sum up, ssy that the mod crate use
OF either cigarettes or cigars will not hurt Q
healthy man the excessive use will hurt
MIN, however robust his constitution. the
cigarette doing little more injury than the
cigar In the case OF Q boy, SMOKING in sny
degree will prove deletsfioua, but the ex.
cessivs smoking OF cigarettes will injare hin
more than excessive indulgence in any other
DR.. SbFAdy, who attended General Grant
during his Last Hines, 10 an out-and-0ut
enemy OF cigarettes. He regards the use OF
them In any quantity - Injurious, and hes
not Dr.. HammOnd's oonfdence In the purity
OF the materials which 60 70 make up cigsr.
sta In an article on the subject, which be
has prepared he says: "Thers was little OF.